Improvement in paper vessels



A. WUENSCH.

v PAPER VESSEL.

No.185,81Z. Patented Dec. 26,1876.

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AUGUST WUENSGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER VESSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [85,812, dated December26, 1876; application filed February 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, AUGUST WUENSCH, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Manufacture of Articles ofPaper or Pasteboard, which in vention is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction ofboxes or vessels of paper and other similar material; and it consists inthe combination, with the sides of the box, of a folded metallicrib-joint having an extension for the handles, and made in one piece,and folded so as to form recesses on opposite sides, for holding anduniting the edges of the sides of the box, as more fully hereinafter setforth.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of my improvedbox; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on the linew a, Fig. 1 5 Fig. 4, a horizontal section of a molification of my box;Fig. 5, a horizontal section of the rib-joint; and Fig. 6, a detachedperspective view of the rib-joint and bail-loop, showing the method ofsecuring the bail.

The letter A represents a vessel of paper,

.pasteboard, or other suitable material, constructed according to myinvention, having the body or sides composed of two or more segments, BB, united at their vertical edges by means of a rib-joint, G. Said jointconsists of a strip of metal, whose edges are bent inwardly and thenoutwardly, so that grooves or recesses opening in opposite directionsare formed at the edges of said rib-joint. These grooves receive theedges of the parts B B, after which the edges of the joint arecompressed, so as to close the grooves and clamp the edges of the partsB B firmly in the recesses.

The rib-joint is constructed with an extension, 0, which is bent overinwardly, forming a loop for the bail, the end being folded closely tothe inside of the rib-joint, and secured under the inner lining of thebox or vessel.

The letter d represents a series of indentations formed in the outsideof the rib-joint, which form projections on the side in contact with thepaper of the box, the said projections being embedded in the paper, andserving to more securely hold the rib-joint in place.

Instead of being made of segments, it is evident that the vessel may bemade of one piece, and united, as shown in Fig. 4, by a single ribjoint.

What I claim, ters Patent, is-

In combination with the sides B of a box or vessel, the metallicrib-joint 0, made in one piece with an extension, 0, and folded to formrecesses on opposite sides, in which the edges of the body of the boxare clamped, for the purpose of uniting the sides of the same,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 29th day of January, 1876.

AUGUST WUENSOH. 1.. s.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

and desire to secure by Let-

